"the cover of Mott the Hoople's 1974 album ""The Hoople""). The album was dedicated to Susie, a drummer who auditioned for Roxy Music in the early days. ""Roxy Music"", particularly the album's LP incarnation, has been released in different packages over the years. The album's original cover, as issued in 1972 by Island Records, featured a gatefold sleeve picturing the band (including original bass guitarist Graham Simpson) in stage attire designed by Antony Price, and did not include the track ""Virginia Plain"". The album's original US release, in late 1972 on Warner Bros. Records' Reprise subsidiary, included ""Virginia Plain"", which"
"and Phil Manzanera before the band recorded its first album (early Peel Sessions for the UK's BBC Radio 1 feature O'List's playing). Roxy Music's first hit ""Virginia Plain"" made the UK top 5 in 1972, and was followed up with several hit singles and albums, with Ferry as their lead vocalist and instrumentalist (he taught himself the piano in his mid-twenties) and Eno contributing synthesiser backing. After their second album, Brian Eno left Roxy Music, leaving Ferry its undisputed leader. Ferry started a parallel solo career in 1973, initially performing cover versions of old standards on albums such as ""These"
"Roxy Music (album) Roxy Music is the debut studio album by the English glam rock band of the same name. It was released on 16 June 1972. It was generally well received by contemporary critics and made it to number 10 in the UK Albums Chart. The opening track, ""Re-Make/Re-Model"", has been labelled a postmodernist pastiche, featuring solos by each member of the band echoing various touchstones of Western music, including The Beatles' ""Day Tripper"", Duane Eddy's version of ""Peter Gunn"", and Wagner's ""Ride of the Valkyries""; the esoteric ""CPL 593H"" was supposedly the license number of a car spotted"
"top-10 single ""Street Life"". The fourth album, ""Country Life"", was released in 1974, and was the first Roxy Music album to enter the US Top 40, albeit at No. 37. ""Country Life"" was met with widespread critical acclaim, with ""Rolling Stone"" referring to it ""as if Ferry ran a cabaret for psychotics, featuring chanteurs in a state of shock"". Their fifth album, ""Siren"", contained their only US hit, ""Love Is the Drug"". (Ferry said the song came to him while kicking the leaves during a walk through Hyde Park.) After the concert tours in support of ""Siren"" in 1976, Roxy"
"break-up in 2011. Ferry frequently enlisted members of Roxy Music as session musicians for his solo releases. Roxy Music became a successful act in Europe and Australia during the 1970s. This success began with their debut album, ""Roxy Music"" (1972). The band pioneered more musically sophisticated elements of glam rock while significantly influencing early English punk music, and provided a model for many new wave acts while innovating elements of electronic composition. The group also distinguished their visual and musical sophistication through a preoccupation with glamorous fashions. Ferry and co-founding member Eno have had influential solo careers. The latter became"
"to support himself. Initially, guitarist David O'List (from The Nice) was part of the group, but he was replaced by Phil Manzanera in February 1972, just as the band's first album was about to be recorded. Drummer Paul Thompson completed the band's line up. Mackay played oboe and saxophone in Roxy Music, becoming known for his Chuck Berry-inspired duckwalk during saxophone solos, notably on the raucous track ""Editions of You"". With his pronounced quiff, ""Star Trek"" sideburns and outlandish Motown-inspired stage costumes, Mackay made a vital contribution to the unique Roxy Music ""look""—much of which functioned as a retro-futurist throwback"
"The Roxy gaining a strong LA following. This exposure brought Precious Metal to the attention of influential KROQ radio disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer who played their music on his local radio program. Russ Regan, head of Polygram Records, heard Precious Metal on KROQ and signed the band soon afterwards, releasing their debut record ""Right Here, Right Now"" in 1985 on Mercury Records. After leaving Polygram, the band was picked up by Capitol Records subsidiary label Chameleon who released their final two albums ""That Kind of Girl"" in 1988 and ""Precious Metal"" in 1990. While in Precious Metal, Robin wrote songs"
"that material from these sessions would be released as a Ferry solo album, with Eno playing on ""a couple of tracks"", and that he doesn't think they'll ever record as Roxy Music again. The album ultimately became Ferry's 2010 album ""Olympia"". Roxy Music played a series of 40th anniversary shows in 2011, but has since become inactive as a performing entity. In 2018, Roxy Music were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and were subsequently announced as inductees for the 2019 class. In November 1970, Bryan Ferry, who had just lost his job teaching ceramics"
"to the second side of Roxy Music's debut album. ""Night Vision"" is the ""most aggressive-sounding"" song on the album according to Rhys. The track has been called garage rock by the ""Melody Maker"" and punk rock by both Allmusic and Yahoo! Music, with the latter comparing the song to ""She's Lost Control"" by Joy Division. First single ""Northern Lites"" is a calypso-inspired track. Critics have commented on the song's use of ""Tijuana brass"", reminiscent of the work of Herb Alpert, and likened the track to the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David and the Beck single ""Deadweight"". According to"
"in the UK between 1972 and 1982. Their singles included ""Virginia Plain"", ""Street Life"", ""Love is the Drug"", ""Dance Away"", ""Angel Eyes"", ""Over You"", ""Oh Yeah"", ""Jealous Guy"", ""Avalon"", and ""More Than This"". Ferry began his solo career in 1973, while still a member of Roxy Music. His early solo hits include ""A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall"", ""Let's Stick Together"" and ""This Is Tomorrow"". Ferry disbanded Roxy Music following the release of their best-selling album ""Avalon"" in 1982 to concentrate on his solo career, releasing further singles such as ""Slave to Love"" and ""Don't Stop the Dance"" and the UK"
"at The Roxy Theatre in 1974, before it was made into the movie ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" the next year.) Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers (billed as Crazy Horse, a related ensemble) played the Roxy for the first week it was open. Only three months later, the Genesis lineup with Peter Gabriel played several consecutive days at the Roxy, a run that some band members and many fans consider to be amongst their finest performances (due in part, to the intimate atmosphere and good acoustics of the venue). Paul Reubens, then a struggling comedian, introduced his Pee-wee"
"the Roxy Music albums. In 1975, Ferry began a relationship with model Jerry Hall, having first met when she appeared on the album cover for ""Siren"", which was photographed in Wales during the summer of 1975. According to Harper's Bazaar, the photoshoot boosted Hall's status as an international celebrity. Her stay at Ferry's Holland Park (London) home, following the album cover photo shoot, marked the start of their affair. Hall and Ferry lived together, sharing homes in London and in the Bel Air district of Los Angeles, and Hall also appeared in some of Ferry's solo music videos, including ""Let's"
"Virginia Plain ""Virginia Plain"" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972. Written by Roxy frontman Bryan Ferry, the song was recorded by the band in July 1972 at London's Command Studios. Backed with ""The Numberer"", an instrumental composed by Andy Mackay, as a single the song became a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number four. The song was not included on the band's original UK debut album, ""Roxy Music"", having not even been recorded when the album was released. After the success of the album in the"
"and Low Pop Suicide, among others. The earliest incarnation of the band that would eventually become Sex Pistols was called The Strand, after ""Do The Strand"", the opening song from Roxy Music's second album, ""For Your Pleasure"". The electronic band Ladytron took their name from the title of a song from Roxy Music's debut album. An antagonist character in the videogame Final Fight named Roxy (a female acrobatic fighter) is named after the band, as well as other enemy characters in the game that pay homage to someone or something related to music, like her identical partner Poison. Roxy Music"
"Of Mind"" earlier in 1970) and drummer Dexter Lloyd, a classically trained timpanist. The group's name was partly an homage to the titles of old cinemas and dance halls, and partly a pun on the word ""rock"". Ferry had named the band Roxy originally, but after learning of an American band with the same name he changed the name to Roxy Music. Roxy played live through 1971, and recorded a demo tape of some early compositions. In the spring of '71, Lloyd left the band, and an advertisement was placed in ""Melody Maker"" saying ""wonder drummer wanted for an avant"
"the release of the band's debut in 1972. In a ""Rolling Stone"" interview on 3 November 2014, Manzanera stated that Roxy had been inactive since 2011 and were unlikely to perform together again. Of a new album, he told ""Classic Rock"", ""We all listened to it and thought, 'We can't do this. It's not going to be any good. Let's just bin it.' And so it's just sitting there on our personal computers. Maybe one day it'll get finished. But there's no point in putting it out if it's not great."" The early style and presentation of Roxy Music was"
"eye as the cover model for Roxy Music's album ""For Your Pleasure"" in 1973. From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, she was a million-album-selling disco queen, mainly in Continental Europe and Scandinavia, signed to Ariola Records. Lear's first four albums earned her mainstream popularity, charting in the top 10 of European charts, including the best-selling ""Sweet Revenge"" (1978). Her biggest hits included ""Blood and Honey"", ""Tomorrow"", ""Queen of Chinatown"", ""Follow Me"", ""Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)"", ""The Sphinx"" and ""Fashion Pack"". By the mid-1980s, Lear had positioned herself as one of the leading media personalities in"
"+ Blood"" (1980), Thompson broke his thumb in a motorcycle mishap and took a leave from the band. Soon afterward he left permanently, due to musical differences with Ferry. At this point, Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera became the only permanent members of Roxy Music, and were supplemented by a variety of session players over the next few years including Tibbs, Spenner, Carrack, Andy Newmark and Neil Hubbard. The trio's 1980 album ""Flesh + Blood"" became a huge commercial success in their homeland, as the album went to No. 1 on the UK charts, and spun off three UK hits: ""Oh"
"Roxy Music Roxy Music were an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry, who became the band's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. Alongside Ferry, the other longtime members were Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe) and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion), and other former members include Brian Eno (synthesizer and ""treatments""), Eddie Jobson (synthesizer and violin), and John Gustafson (bass). Although the band took a break from group activities in 1976 and again in 1983, they reunited for a concert tour in 2001, and toured together intermittently between that time and their"
"Do the Strand ""Do the Strand"" is the first song from English rock band Roxy Music's second album, ""For Your Pleasure"". In contrast to the songs from Roxy Music's eponymous debut album, this song starts suddenly without any instrumental fanfare. As with the rest of the album, the song was recorded at AIR Studios, Oxford Street, London. In the mode of early 1960's ""dance craze"" songs such as ""The Twist"", the song tries to convince the listener to dance ""The Strand"", which takes its name from a film noir advertisement for Strand cigarettes. The lyrics include, as is typical for"
"and roll revolution that was playing out both nationally and internationally. In the early 1970s, Ledesma was hired by Henry Stone as a session artist. His credits include guitar on Gwen McCrae's disco hit ""Rockin' Chair"". In 1976, Ledesma convinced Stone to record a band he was forming, resulting in the band Foxy's release of their self-titled debut album. The album, produced by Ray Martínez, had two 12"" singles released, ""People Fall In Love While Dancing"" and ""Let's Love."" Both songs were regional hits, but with only minor appeal nationally. However, the band's follow-up album, ""Get Off"" was a major"
"to 1950s rock and roll performers. His songwriting credits for Roxy Music include the Top Five hits ""Love is the Drug"" (1975) and ""Angel Eyes"" (1979), plus ""A Song for Europe"", ""Three and Nine"", ""Bitter-Sweet"", ""Sentimental Fool"", ""While My Heart is Still Beating"" and ""Tara"", together with the early experimental B-sides ""The Numberer"" and ""The Pride and the Pain"". He also learned to play the violin while a member of Roxy Music. He released two instrumental solo albums in the 1970s: ""In Search of Eddie Riff"" (1974), an exploration of his musical roots and ""Resolving Contradictions"" (1978), based on his"
"Ricky quickly became friends and began creating music that began to attract the attention of major radio stations across the US with his hit single ""Let's get it on"" this song went on to be a number one hit in 18 markets in the US. Within a span of several months, Lucas's songs ""Never Be Alone"", ""And She Said"" and ""Love of My Life"" featuring Reina all scored major airplay on such radio stations WKTU and WMPH. The second single from his debut album, ""And She Said"", saw crossover success on the New York City Pop music station, Z100 where"
"Manifesto (Roxy Music album) Manifesto is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music. It was released in March 1979 by E.G. in the UK, Polydor in Europe and by Atco Records in the US. Following an almost four-year recording hiatus, ""Manifesto"" was Roxy Music's first studio album since 1975's ""Siren"". The first single from ""Manifesto"" was ""Trash"", which barely made the UK top 40. However, the second single, the disco-tinged ""Dance Away"", returned the band to the top 3, beaten to no.1 for three weeks from 26 May 1979 by Blondie's ""Sunday Girl"". Regardless, it became"
"Street Life (Roxy Music song) ""Street Life"" is the opening track of English rock band Roxy Music's third album ""Stranded"", their first album with Eddie Jobson, who replaced Brian Eno. It was released as a single in the UK in November 1973 and reached number 9 on the charts. Its non-LP B-side ""Hula Kula"", a Hawaiian-like instrumental composed by Phil Manzanera, was re-released on ""The Thrill of It All"" boxset. Bassist John Taylor, also known as Johnny, during his solo period after leaving Duran Duran in 1997, organized a Roxy Music tribute album called ""Dream Home Heartaches: Remaking/Remodeling Roxy Music"""
"in again with all the instruments subjected to a pronounced phasing treatment. The title track fades out in an elaborate blend of tape loop effects. Brian Eno remarked that the eerie ""The Bogus Man"", with lyrics about a sexual stalker, displayed similarities with contemporary material by the krautrock group Can. Of the more upbeat numbers on the album, ""Do the Strand"" and ""Editions of You"" were both based around insistent rhythms in the tradition of the band's first single ""Virginia Plain"". ""Do the Strand"" has been called the archetypal Roxy Music anthem, whilst ""Editions of You"" was notable for a"
"DJs"" by Dimples D. Soon after came 14-year-old Roxanne Shanté's answer to UTFO's ""Roxanne Roxanne"", ""Roxanne's Revenge"" (1985), sparking off the huge wave of answer records known as the Roxanne Wars. More disses (insults intended to show disrespect) from Shanté followed: ""Bite This"" (1985), ""Queen of Rox"" (1985), introducing Biz Markie on ""Def Fresh Crew"" (1986), ""Payback"" (1987), and perhaps her greatest record, ""Have a Nice Day"" (1987). Shante's ""Have a Nice Day"" had aimed some barbs at the principal two members of a new group from the Bronx called Boogie Down Productions (BDP): ""Now KRS-ONE you should go on"
"return bout ever attempted with any degree of genuine success: a technical knockout against the odds."" In 1981, Roxy Music recorded the non-album single ""Jealous Guy"". A cover of a song written and originally recorded by John Lennon, Roxy Music recorded ""Jealous Guy"" as a tribute to Lennon after his 1980 death. The song topped the UK charts for two weeks in March 1981, becoming the band's only No. 1 single. Later, with more sombre and carefully sculpted soundscapes, the band's eighth—and final—studio album, ""Avalon"" (1982), recorded at Chris Blackwell's Compass Point Studios, was a major commercial success and restored"
"More than This (Roxy Music song) ""More than This"" is a 1982 single by English rock band Roxy Music. It was released as the first single from their final album, ""Avalon"", and was the group's last Top 10 UK hit (peaking at #6). Although it only reached #102 (on Billboard's Bubbling Under The Hot 100 chart) in the United States, it remains one of Roxy Music's best-known songs in America. The American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs released a successful cover version in 1997 which peaked at #25, and British singer Emmie released a dance cover version which reached #5"
"in the spring of 1971, he joined a band in the act of making their debut album. These were The Wackers, a band that had grown out of a songwriting partnership consisting of Bob Segarini and Randy Bishop, late of the band, Roxy. Based in Eureka California, where they'd encountered Michael Stull, with his marvelous baritone voice and Rickenbacker ""Double Six,"" and William ""Kootch"" Trochim on bass. The Wackers played local clubs and did the occasional live unplugged acoustic shows on various radio stations. In 1972 The Wackers moved to Montreal, Quebec and became very popular by playing many high-school"
"band. He was replaced by former drummer Tommy Stewart, who returned after expressing a desire to be in the band again. The band's first studio recording ""All Wound Up"" was re-mastered, and the finished self-titled debut CD album ""Godsmack"" was released to the public six weeks later. This led to the band's first headlining tour, ""The Godsmack Tour"" with Jim Rose Circus as the opening act. After the album's release the band went on the street playing club shows as well as playing at Ozzfest and Woodstock '99. This was followed by a tour in Europe supporting Black Sabbath. Roxanne"
"album, ""CrazyShow"". The American pop band Scissor Sisters recorded another cover version of the song for the War Child charity's 2009 charity album ""War Child Presents Heroes"". Do the Strand ""Do the Strand"" is the first song from English rock band Roxy Music's second album, ""For Your Pleasure"". In contrast to the songs from Roxy Music's eponymous debut album, this song starts suddenly without any instrumental fanfare. As with the rest of the album, the song was recorded at AIR Studios, Oxford Street, London. In the mode of early 1960's ""dance craze"" songs such as ""The Twist"", the song tries"
"his ""Let's Stick Together"" album (1976). The song was covered by Frank Black on his ""Oddballs"" collection of B-sides and rarities and he performed it live while touring with The Catholics. Portland post-punk band Glass Candy released a cover of the song (titled ""Nueva Version/Remodela"") as the B-side to their 2003 single ""Bicicleta Emocional."" Other versions of the song also appear on several of their tour CD-Rs. Weasel Walter's group Cellular Chaos also covered it in 2012. Re-Make/Re-Model ""Re-Make/Re-Model"" is a song written by Bryan Ferry that appears as the opening track on Roxy Music's eponymous debut album. The recording"